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Specialty:: Medicine, Allergy and Immunology
Department Affiliation:: Medicine
Hospital Affiliation:: Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Medical Center, Santa Monica
State License:: A98436
Phone:: 310-378-8900
Health Plans:: Accepted Plans

About Me

Dr. Eric Yen is an allergist and immunologist who practices in Torrance and Santa Monica. He is board certified in allergy and immunology, pediatrics and pediatric rheumatology, and specializes in treating adults and children with seasonal allergies/hay fever, asthma, eczema, recurrent sinus infections, food allergy, eosinophilic esophagitis, drug allergy, hives, angioedema, anaphylaxis, recurrent infections and immunodeficiency diseases. He is also trained to treat children with autoimmune disorders, such as positive antinuclear antibodies (ANA), elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), recurrent fevers, arthralgia/arthritis and connective tissue diseases.

Dr. Yen received his medical degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He completed his internship in family medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and his residency in pediatrics at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital. He then completed his dual fellowship in allergy and immunology and pediatric rheumatology at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He earned his undergraduate degree from Vanderbilt University, graduating summa cum laude.

Dr. Yen is a member of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology and the American College of Rheumatology.

Links

uclahealth.org/allergy

Primary Office: Torrance - Primary & Specialty Care
Primary Address: 3701 Skypark Drive
Suite 200
Torrance, California 90505
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Phone: 310-378-8900
Fax: 310-791-0789
Secondary Office: Clinical Immunology & Allergy - Santa Monica
Secondary Address: 1245 16th Street
Suite 303
Santa Monica, California 90404
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Phone: 310-481-4646
Fax: 310-899-7599

Medical Board Certifications: Allergy and Immunology, American Board of Allergy and Immunology, 2016
Certification 2: Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2010
Certification 3: Pediatric Rheumatology, American Board of Pediatrics, 2017
Fellowship: Pediatric Gastroenterology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 2009-2009
Fellowship 2: Pediatric Rheumatology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2011-2014
Fellowship 3: Allergy & Immunology, UCLA School of Medicine, 2014-2016
Residency: Pediatrics, Loma Linda University Medical Center, 2006-2009
Internship: Family Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, 2004-2005
Degree: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Medicine, MD, 2004

Interests

Allergic Rhinitis
Allergy
Allergy (Food)
Allergy (Medication)
Angioedema
Asthma
Autoimmune Disease
Behcet´s Disease
Eczema
Fibromyalgia
General Allergy and Immunology
Hay Fever
Immune Deficiency Disorders
Inflammatory Rheumatic Disease
Kawasaki´s Disease
Lupus
Mixed Connective Tissue Disorder
Musculoskeletal Ultrasound
Non-allergic Rhinitis
Pediatrics
Polyarteritis Nodosa
Psoriatic Arthritis
Pulmonary Function Test
Raynaud´s Syndrome
Reactive Arthritis (Reiter´s Syndrome)
Relapsing Polychondritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scleroderma
Sinusitis
Spondylarthropathies
Takayasu´s Arthritis
Urticaria
Wegener´s Granulomatosis

Research Interests

Autoimmune disease
Immunodeficiency

Publications

Dr. Yen has published in Annals of Internal Medicine, Arthritis & Rheumatology among others.

Yen EY, Shaheen M, Woo JMP, Mercer N, Li N, McCurdy DK, et al. 46-Year Trends in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mortality in the United States, 1968 to 2013: A Nationwide Population-Based Study. Ann Intern Med. 2017;167(11):777-85.
Boneparth A, Radhakrishna SM, Greenbaum LA, Yen E, Okamura DM, Cooper JC, et al. Approach to Membranous Lupus Nephritis: A Survey of Pediatric Nephrologists and Pediatric Rheumatologists. J Rheumatol. 2017;44(11):1619-23.
Westwell-Roper C, Lubieniecka JM, Brown KL, Morishita KA, Mammen C, Wagner-Weiner L, Yen E, et al. Clinical Practice Variation and Need for Pediatric-Specific Treatment Guidelines Among Rheumatologists Caring for Children with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: An International Clinician Survey. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2017;15(1):61.
Yen EY, Singh RR. Lupus - An Unrecognized Leading Cause of Death in Young Females: A Population-Based Study Using Nationwide Death Certificates, 2000–2015. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018;70(8):1251-55.
Singh RR and Yen EY. SLE Mortality Remains Disproportionately High, Despite Improvements over the Last Decade. Lupus. 2018;27(10):1577-1581.

In The News

Mortality rate for people with lupus remains higher than U.S. rate overall (UCLA Newsroom)
46-Year Trends in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Mortality in the United States, 1968 to 2013: A Nationwide Population-Based Study (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Lupus - An Unrecognized Leading Cause of Death in Young Females: A Population-Based Study Using Nationwide Death Certificates, 2000–2015 (Wiley Online Library)

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